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Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

The fact that the convicted boodlers,
ex-Warden Varnell of the Cook county
insane asylum and ex-Commissioner Van
Pelt of the county board, are booked for
expulsion from the Masonic order speaks
we'll for that order. Time was when
many believed that the Masonic order
would shield it's members from the law,
if necessary, and if this step is taken it
will be a severe blow to enemies of Ma
sonry. When the order publicly and Of
fcially recognizes the unftness of dis
honest men for claims to brotherhood, it
will take position before all men which
cannot fail of adding to it's already won
drous strength. OF course this has been
the position ever since the establishment
of Masonry, but each generation needs
renewed education, and this step in so
prominent case as the boodlers will
have wondrous influence.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

Sioux FALLS is fairly outdoing herself
this season. Not week passes but a
new railroad or new manufacturing in
stitution is located. Bonuses of from
twenty-five to fifty thousand dollars are
given to railroads and manufacturing in
stitutions are not only given bonus but
are exempted from taxation for term of
years. The latest acquisition is the
Skinner Manufacturing company, which
moves from Emmettsburg, Ia, for a
bonus of $4,000 and $4,000 in subscribed
and paid up. stock in the company. No
less than half dozen manufacturing in
stitutions and four railroads have come
to Sioux Falls this year.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

+ Mr.. SwENzY, of Sioux Falls, an attor-
ney of considerable ability, was employed
by the county commissioners Of Mime
haha county to give an opinion on the
matter of selling real estate for back per-
sonal taxes. He has rendered an opin-
ion IN the affirmative. Should the
courts sustain this position endless iti-
CATION would ensue in every county in
the territory; clouds would be cast Oh
otherwise clear titles and on the whole it
would seem better that such authority
on the part of county treasurers do not
exist. ... 80.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

TODAY the president starts on his
western trip. His programme, if carried
out, comprises over 1000 miles of rail-
road travel. This is the first time Mr..
Cleveland, either as private citizen or
as chief magistrate, has been away from
home SO far that he could not get back
the same night. He never has been west.
What fund of information he will gain
on this trip. It seems almost incredible
that man should become president of a
country of which he knows so little from
personal observation. It illustrates the
peculiarly of politics and demonstrates
that honoris often gained largely through
accident, availability or unaccountable
combination of circumstances. On this
trip the president visits many of the lead
ing cities of the west. He will be- given
a right royal reception everywhere. AS
chief magistrate of the greatest nation on
earth he is entitled to the greatest respect
from all citizens regardless of party. Let
it be a triumphal tour. It may be the
last a democratic president will ever
make. His own party ought to turn out
en- masse and republicans can we'll afford
to assist in making this-the first and
prospective farewell visit of democratic
executive to the great west and northwest
"a grand success.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

The Mitchell Republican is booming
the South Dakota fair, which will be
held at that point during the present
week, and Judging from the description
of grounds, buildings and general prep
arations the southern agriculturists and
breeders will have a creditable show.
The North Dakota fair at Grand Forks
has been a marvellous and almost unex-
pected success, the city fairly outdoing
the reputation she had previously won as
a hospitable, whole-souled community.
1t is reported that a number of Southern
Dakota's representative citizens were
present, and although there were not as
many as might be wished, it is hoped
that North Dakotans will return the COM
pliment by attending the Mitchell fair.
Mitchell is one of the most beautiful as
well as one OF the most thriving cities of
Southern Dakota, and no better oppor.
tunity could be asked for the cultivating
OF acquaintance and friendship between
the sections. There is always something
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

ACCORDING to the Mandan Pioneer,
the Morton county treasury is suffering
from the fact that the last half Of the
Northern Pacific gross earnings tax for
1886 due last month, has not been paid.
tits generally presumed that then
Pacific does not propose to pay any more
taxes until the question of taxing it's
lands is settled. "We learn from the
Fargo Argus" says the Pioneer, "that
the county commissioners of Cass county
has expressed it's willingness to abate
all taxes on tile Northern Pacific railroad
land provided arrangements are made
between the company and the territorial
officers to pay and distribute to the re-
spective counties the proportion of taxes
due under the gross earnings law for the
year 1887, and the auditor be instructed
to notify the territorial auditor to that
effect" In this connection the following
interview had by the Yankton Press and
Dakotaian with Attorney General Tenn
pleton will be of interest: "He said that
all the railroads except the Northern Pa
cific had paid their taxes, and that the
Northern Pacific had made proposition
to the territory to pay taxes on it's gross
earnings and also on the lands according
to their assessed valuation, but Auditor
Ward does not care to accept the propo-
sition, because he thinks the lands are
assessed too low. Another matter is also
in the way of the auditor accepting the
proposal. The Northern Pacific has not
paid the tax on its gross earnings for
1886, and Mr.. Ward wants the matter
straight before he will consider the prop
osition. 7 believe said Mr.. Templeton,
that if the railroads do not act honestly
in this matter the next legislature will
scorch them. May be the Northern Pa
cific will pay and may be it won't, but I
think it will"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

In THE press report in the TRIBUNE of
the 9Th inst. appeared an item
dated Rapid City in which an inter-
view was alleged to have been
had with Postmaster Schnasse and Hon.
M. H. Day regarding Governor Church,
the Dawes bill and other matters: The
Rapid City postmaster was quoted in the
telegram as saying mean things about
Church. Mr.. Schnasse writes the editor
Of the TRIBUNE private letter in which
he denies, emphatically, ever having had
such an interview. The whole thing is
pronounced false from top to bottom.
The dispatch in question was probably
from either the correspondent of the st.
Paul Pioneer Press or Minneapolis Jour-
nal
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

UNDER the direction of the secretary
OF the interior the officers of the United
States land office advertise that all lands
in the Bismarck land district within the
Northern Pacific ten-mile indemnity
limit, except such lands as may be Gov
cred by approved selections, will be
thrown open to settlement, and filings
will be received on and after Monday,
October 81, 1887, at 10 o'clock a. m. This
will open up to settlement thousands of
choice acres on the Missouri slope in
Emmons and Mclean counties.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

A DUBLIN dispatch of the 10Th inst
says: 'When the police took their usual
seats in Aylesboro chapel, near Mitch,
ellstown, on Sunday, all the other people
present left the building. And who can
blame them? When it gets so that an
lrishman cannot worship his God with
out being haunted by an English police.
man it is about time to transform the
altar into cannon and the church into q
fortifcation of war.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

wide open and no less than thirty kinds
OF games were in progress constantly.
Down town it was the same one gam
bling hall after another. There were
three places thronged constantly in
which the taste Of every gambler and the
curiosity of every sucker could be ex-
peditiously accommodated. In this re-
spect Grand Forks during the fair at
least-eclipsed even the palmy days of
Fargo, Moorhead, Bismarck and Miles
City IN frontier times.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

CAPTAIN MoR1cE of the steamship
Warwick saved his ship and passengers
recently by ''letting drip of oil on the
weather side of the ship forward" The
New York Herald states that the effect
was that breaking sea which stretched
across the bow would, on reaching the
ship, be cut in two-the lee half going on
breaking while on the weather side of the
ship it passed along harmless swell.
This was done, in terrible hurricane
and the New York papers recommend
the experiment to ship captains gen.
era1ly.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

The proposed scheme for the pension
ing of all volunteer soldiers of the late
rebellion Is good one. There is plenty
of money in the government vaults look
ing for work; there are not so many vol
unteers living that the pensions would be
felt by the people, and, as the ranks of
the old soldiers are thinning rapidly, it
would seem right and just to give them
such aid as will assist them in fighting
with the wolf during the few brief years
that they remain. 1t would be one way
of putting the surplus in circulation and
would aid very materially in the progress
of the country.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30
Personal,

O: P. NJ. Jamison returned from the east
yesterday.
D. E: Rea OF Chicago arrived in the city
yesterday.
J. A. Smith of st. Louis arrived from the
west yesterday.
C.Wolcott Of Fargo was an arrival in the
city yesterday.
Messrs. D. A. Murphy and G.. V. Arrick
OF st. Paul are at the Sheridan.
Lieut.. Bend P. Schenck of the United
States army is at the Sheridan.
Charles A. Quigley of South Bend, Ind.
represents the 'osier state in the city.
G. R. Cook, the slender, smooth-faced
youth OF Dawson, was in the city yester-
Otto E. Greedy and c. H. Lond of Mime
apolls are paying their respects to Bis
marck.
G. E. Norbeck, one of the representative
citizens of Lacrosse, Wis, is sojourning in
the city.
Lesley Dudley Of Huron, the prosperous
capital city of Dakota.
Maj. W. B. Shaw of St. Paul, than whom
no man IS better known in the Missouri
valley, came in from the east yesterday.
Thomas Flavin, the gay and accom-
plished pOstoffice artist, has returned from
st: Paul, whittier rumor sent him for a
bride. So far as the date is concerned,
rumor is in error.
Asa Fisher returned yesterday from an
extended trip over the territory, having
visited Grand Forks, Mitchell and Sioux
Falls. He says he heard nothing but good
words for Bismarck duIing his absence
marcker than ever.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

THE editor of the Clark Pilot-Review
went over to Aberdeen the other day and
when he returned, among other articles
penned for his paper was the following:
Aberdeen has the Milwaukee leaving it
IN four directions, the Northwestern in
two. The Manitoba is in active opera
ton and the Rock Island almost graded
northwest to Bismarck. It is the live
lest city we have yet visited in Dakota,
save Fargo"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE,

Eight pages, containing summary of the news of
the week, both foreign and local; published every
Friday, sent postage paid to any address, for one
year 81; six months, 81; three months, rs ceots,
North Dakota and the aim is made to make it a
perfect encyclopedia of Dakota affairs. Its circu-
laton is large both in the territory and the States
The DAILY TRIBUNE, like the weekly edition,
containing the full associated press dispatches, is
a desirable advertising medium through which to
reach all northwestern towns and military posts
remote from railroad lines
The DAILY TRIBUNE will be found on file at
the Grand Pacific hotel, and Lord & Thomas, adj
vertising agents, Chicago, and at reading rooms
and news depots throughout the country.
Tribune is A. F. Richardson, Room IS, Tribune
Building, New York. All advertisements for the
TRIBUNE from points east of Illinois should be
sent to him.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

PRESIDENT Crosse, of the Farmers
Alliance Insurance company, and editor
of the new farmers paper, the Ruralist,
was at the Grand Forks fair. He was
enthusiastic over the exhibit and ex.
pressed himself as more convinced than
ever that Dakota was the greatest coun.
try on earth. Regarding insurance, be
said that his company had done good
business this year and at saving to the
farmers over any other system.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

ACCORDING to the Mitchell Republican
temperance lecturer down in that
region, named John B. Finch, takes oc-
casion to boom Sparks when he lectures
and says that Sparks opinion of Dakota
people is about right. Perhaps Finch is
after land office position.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

The arrest of Editor "Lewis'' of Mil
bank was the cause of much regret
among his brethren of the press who had
learned to look upon him with respect,
and it is severe shock to the people of
Milbank, whom, says the detective who
made the arrest, idolized him as the
founder and chief builder of the town.
There seems to be no doubt, however, of
the fact that his name in Philadelphia
was Volkmar and that he was there ar
rested on the charge of arson, from
which charge he fed to Dakota, "He
was met at the station says the Phila-
delphia dispatch, "by his sister and
counsel, and he said that the knowledge
that he had fed had followed him always
and he wished to face the charge and
have it over. He declared that he was
not guilty, but under advice of counsel
declined to make any statement" From
this it is reasonable to believe that he
did change his name, and that he had,
to say the least, a very unpleasant and
unfortunate experience. His conduct
and career in Dakota has been such as
to support the presumption of innocence,
and until he is convicted his brethren of
the territory will so believe. Bright and
gentlemanly, he has won hosts of friends
who have been greatly panied by the ex-
nose.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30
REYIEW TABLE.

One of tho most interesting announce
ments of the October magazines is an
article by General Lord Wolseley for the
Forum, upon the reign Of Queen Victoria,
her wisdom and prudence as sovereign
and her amiable qualities as a woman.
x**
The opening article, "Our Summer
Outing, in Harper's. Magazine for Octo-
ber, is an autobiographical story by Kate
Field, telling the comical and exasperat-
ing experiences of vacation party in a
central New York village. Frost cleverly
illustrates the story.
*** g..
The complete novel in Lippincott's
Magazine for October is 'Apple Seed
and Briar Thorn" by Louis Stockton,
the sister of the famous Frank Stockton.
It is plea sanity told story with an IN
genious plot and full of exquisite feeling
which her brother himself might enjoy.
***
Tourists who are ambitious in noun
tain climbing should try Popocatepetl
before crossing the ocean. The Mexican
volcano is 5000 feet higher than any AL
pine peak. An ascent to it's lofty crater
is described by Arthur Howard Noll in
the American Magazine for October.
.,.. ***
People who desire bright and pretty
music and songs will like the following
new pieces among this months publ
cations: The Manhattan Beach Polka,
Jennie Zane, Sailin' down de Ohio, We
Were Together, and Cricket on the
Hearth. Published by Oliver Ditson &
Co., Boston, Mass.
***
"Apple Seed and Briar Thorn" by
Louisa Stockton, will be the complete
novel in Lippincott's Magazine for Octo-
ber. Miss Stockton is sister of Frank
R. Stockton, and possesses similar fan
tastic wit. She has written several short
stories OF great merit, and was the author
of an anonymous novel entitled "Doro-
thea" in Osgood's Round Robin series.
TX
After the ''War Series," and the Life
of Lincoln, the most important enter
prise ever undertaken by the Century is
the forthcoming series of illustrated
papers upon "Siberia and the Exile sys-
tenn" by George Kennan, author of
"Tent Life in Siberia" who has recently
returned from an arduous journey of
$4,000 miles through Europe and Asiatic
Russia.
~
Scribner's Magazine for October has
for it's leading article richly illustrated
description of the Paris school of fine
arts, by Henry o. Avery, who is gradu-
ate of that institution and therefore
writes from abundant knowledge and
with true apprec iation. The article opens
with brief sketch of the founding and
growth of the school, architectural beauty
OF the buildings, methods of instruction
and the system of prizes which creates
such intense competition among the 1000
students.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

The live little town of Dawson has
been without paper for some time-not
because the town could not support a
paper but because the right man didn't
seem to come along at the right time.
Mr.. j. j. Sargent has now taken the field
and the first issue of the Breeze came out
LAST week. Dawson is bound not to let
Steele get away with her. It's the Steele
Ozone and Dawson Breeze no ad-
vantage as far as name goes.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

of value to be learned at these fairs, and
it is most appropriate that the people Of
all sections should meet, compare notes,
exchange ideas, and by learning the true
science of diversified farming and stock
raising make all of Dakota as nearly as
possible one grand garden Of prosperity.
North Dakota should be we'll represented
at the Micthell fair, as she was at the
Huron encampment. .,.E
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

uttered seventeen years ago by Victor
! Emanuel mai after a desperate fight and the
surrender Of the city. The Italians Of
New York celebrated the day with fine
parade, which was reviewed by Mayor
Hewitt, Consul Rata and other officials
and the newspapers of Gotham speak Of
the event as one of genuine patriotism
and Independence day festivity.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

LIE Instructions OF the secretary of the
interior relative to the opening for settle
ment of the ten-mile indemnity limit, as
they appear in another column this morn
ing, are worthy of careful reading and
much consideration. It is evident that
the department. has decided that these
lands shall be left at the disposal of the
settler, and that vast amount of land
which has heretofore been considered
the property of the railroad company is
now a part of the domain subject to SET
tlement without land grant restrictions.
Just what the attitude of the Northern
Pacific will be in the matter time alone
can tell, but it is believed that the COM
pany will make strong fight to retain
the land, at least so far as is necessary to
protect purchasers. There has been
some fear among purchasers that the de-
cision might affect their title, and those
who have made application for desirable
tracts bave had occasion to tremble lest
the same should be wrested from them.
In all probability this fear is unfounded,
for as will be seen by the instructions,
the approved selections" are not SUBJ
ject to the general provisions of the de-
cision and will not be disturbed. It is
very likely that all lands sold by the
company or covered by application have
been "selected" by the company, and the
selections approved by the secretary.
However this may be, a vast amount of
land is virtually taken from the company
and placed under the general provisions
of the land laws, to be sold to settlers for
$1.25 per acre instead of $3.50, the price
charged within the land grant. It is the
most important step taken by the de-
partment for years, and while it may pre-
cipitate much litigation, it will prove of
great benefit to the country. The SET
tier need not fear, for while he is acting
under instructions from the government
the government will protect him, and
whatever the outcome may be his rights
will be respected. It means hundreds of
additional settlers and homes for the
Northern Pacific country, and will
eventually prove of benefit to the road
and to every town and city on the line.
In fact, if the government could wipe out
the entire land grant at the present time
and place settler on every quarter Sec
ton of land now vacant, it would ad-
vance the country ten years and make
the Northern Pacific the greatest and
most prosperous railroad on the con-
tinent.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30
"ShoviDg the Queer"

ST. PAUL, Sept. 26.-Simon Goldstine. a
Hebrew peddler of this city who travels
through the northwest, recently sold bill
of 1920 worth of goods at Ortonville to a
man representing himself as from Fargo,
accepting in payment eight $5, one $40, one
$50, one $50 and one 800 bill. He soon
all except seven $5 bills were in confeder-
ate bills and consequently out of date
GOldstein went to Fargo and hunted his
wicked customer for four days, but failed
to find him.
The Bowdle Pioneer announces q new
railroad for Bowdle, dead sure this time
and no mistake about 1t.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

New YORK has been all summer rails
ing $1,000 toward the Grant monument
fund Had the Washington site been
selected, $1,OOO,OOO would have been
raised by the admiring oountrymen of
the late hero ere this.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

In THE district court, yesterday, ex-
Commissioner of Immigration Lauren
Dunlap was granted divorce from his
wife, on the ground of cruelty and de-
sertion. Mr.. Dunlap is now engaged on
the editorial staff of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Mrs. Dunlap is in Huron, OAK.
and does not bear an enviable reputation.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

If JUDGE PALMER has aspirations for
the delegateship, he seems to have ieop-
ardized his chances by characterizing the
Sioux Falls Press as the 'justly recog-
nized leader of Dakota daily papers,"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

The Parkston Advance is neat paper
but 1t jumps right to the following con-
clusion: "The Bismarck Tribune comes
to our sanctum the neatest paper in Da-
kota, with no exception"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

HE Fargo Argus says it is glad to
chronicle that his excellency Governor
Church, while in Fargo, "was treated like
gentleman, and that Judge Mcconnell
and other democratic friends did honor
to. Fargo in seeing that the action OF
Grand Forks was not repeated in this
citv"
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

BY THE merest accident, yet after long
and careful study, a cryptogram or
oypher has been discovered which estab.
fishes the fact beyond a doubt that Ed
itor Caldwell is not the author of
"Thoughts and Things" in the Sioux
Falls Press. The friends of the ex.
auditor are thus relieved of great
anxiety.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

GRAND FORKS was bound not to be
outdone by the Minnesota state fair. In
the latter it is said q street over a
quarter of a mile long WAS given up to
all manner of gambling devices and ia
kris. At Grand Forks everything was
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

BY M. H. JEWELL.
! THE DAILY TRIBUNE.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Published every morning, except Monday, at Bis
marck Dakota is delivered by carrier to all parts
of the city at Is cents per week, or 81 per month
~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Daily one month, postage paid, S 1 90
Daily three months, postage paid, 8 90
Daily six months postage paid 5 90
Daily one year, postage paid, 10 90
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

TUESDAY last was the italian 4th of
July or Independence day. 1--WE are in
Rome and will stay here" were the words
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30
Basket Social,

There will be held, under the auspices of
the Good Templars at Menoken next Sat
urday evening, a basket social. The pro-
ceeds from the sale of lunch baskets will
be devoted to the building of suitable
fence around the grave of the late Mr..
Meier, The ladies are expected to bring a
lunch basket. Everybody is invited and a
good time is guaranteed.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-30

Farmers around Milbank are successful
raising corn, and glad Of 1t because they
feel that wheat Is played out.